Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 22, CPL Whitehead, Joseph Charles of AXIS, AL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 2D CEB, (1ST CEB, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on January 17, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Patrick Bartley, 23, of Barnhill, Illinois, died on January 15, 2011, in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation New Dawn.

U.S. Army Sergeant Martin James Lamar, 43, of Sacramento, California, died on January 15, 2011, in Mosul, Iraq, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Specialist Jose Antonio Torre Jr., 21, of Garden Grove, California, died on January 15, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq, while serving during Operation New Dawn.

Wali Khan Babar was a Pakistani journalist for Geo TV. He was shot and killed in Karachi on January 13, 2011.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Omar Aceves, 30, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident on January 12, 2011, in Gelan, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

PFC Salmon, Zachary Steven Richard, 21, a native of CINCINNATI, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 32D CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on January 12, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Jarrid Lee King, a 20-year-old U.S. Army Corporal from Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed in a hostile incident in Spine Ghundey, Ghelan, on January 12, 2011.

Reserve, ARMY, DETACHMENT 8, USAR SUSTAINMENT COMMAND, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, MAJ Mooldyk, Evan Jan of RANCHO MURIETA, CA, 47, died in FOB SALERNO, AFGHANISTAN on January 12, 2011.

From ROBBINSVILLE, NJ, SPC Moore, Benjamin Gerald served with the ARMY, 693D ENGINEER CO (SAPPER), 7TH EN BN, 10TH SUSTAINMENT BDE, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on January 12, 2011 in SPINE GHUNDEY, GHELAN. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Zainah Caye Creamer, 28, of Texarkana, Texas, was a U.S. Army soldier with the 212th Military Police Detachment. She died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ethan Carroll Hardin, 25, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was killed in a hostile incident on January 7, 2011, in Charkh, Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Ira Benjamin Laningham IV, 22, of Zapata, Texas, died on January 7, 2011, in the Charkh District of Afghanistan's Logar province.

From NAMPA, ID, PFC Near, Robert James served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 86TH SIGNAL BATTALION, 11TH SIGNAL BDE, FORT HUACHUCA, AZ, and died on January 7, 2011 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21.

Lance Corporal Joseph Ryan Giese, 24, of Winder, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2011.

In KHUGYANI, NANGARHAR on January 5, 2011, the ARMY lost SFC Pharris, Robert Wayne of SEYMOUR, MO, 48, serving with COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 138TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, MONETT, MO. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Nettleton, Eric Marcel, age 26, of WICHITA, KS ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST SQUADRON, 2D STRYKER CAVALRY REGIMENT, VILSECK, GERMANY, ? died on January 5, 2011 in FOB TARIN KOWT, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, SPC Romig, Christian Joseph of KENNER, LA, 24, died in KHUGYANI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on January 5, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.